Improved implement



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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY GONCERN:

'Be it known'that I, AUGUSTUS THAYER, of Albany, in the county of Albany, and State of New York, have invented anew and useful Combination-Tool; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to `the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whichi Figure 1 `is a side View of my invention.

Figures 2 and 3, edge views of the same.

Figure 4, a side view ofthe same in an open state.

Figure 5, a section of a portion of the same, taken in the line :v rv, Eg. 4.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

I This invention relates to a new and useful combination of various tools, as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby a very useful implement is obtained for household use, and one which may be used in each of its different capacities with perfect'facility.

A A" represent two handles, which cross each other, and are connected by a rivet or fulcrum, a, like a pair of shears. Ori'e of these handles, A, has a cylindrical bar, B, on its outer end, at right angles thereto, and at the'under side of the har B, Vat one end thereof, the concaves b are made, said concaves`being .portions of circles, b being largerthan b', as shown clearly in iig.

rlhe concaves are corrugated or toothed, and the end of the handle A is curved o'r bent to form a rightangular projection, 0,'whieh works underthe concave b b', and forms the centre part of the portion oi' the bar B in which said concaves are made. ThisV projection, C, has two-toothed surfaces, c c', at one side of it, c being a concave, and-c being a convex surface, as shownv in iig.` 4, and atits opposite side there is a toothed convex surface, d, shown in fig. 1.

These concave surfaces form a pipe-tongs, which may Vbe used for turning gas-burners, attaching them to or detaching them fromtheir burners, and also for turning any cylindrical article,- while the concave and convex surfaces may be used as pincers, to grasp hold of any article. l v

T'lhe under side of the bar B, at the opposite side of the handle A, also has a concave, e, made in it, and a corresponding'concave,f, is made in the handle A below the fulcrum o1' rivet a. These concaves ef may be used for turning larger pipes or tubes. i These can be turned with the ether concaves, and they may also be used for grasping and turning other articles.

' At the end oi' the projection() of the handle A, there is an eye, g', having an internal screw-thread, in

which a screw of a serrated or notched head, D, passes.' The screw passes through the centre of this head, and the latter is provided with notches 7i, ofdiierent sizes, so that either of said notches may be brought in line with the outer edge ofthe bar B atits centre,'as may be desired.

This notched head is designed for picking up tacks by the head, for the purpose of tacking down carpets or other floor-cloths; the tacks being picked up by the head by the implement as they may lie prom'iscuously in a box or bn a loor or carpet, and while thus grasped between the head D and the end of bar B, as shown in g. 1,'they may be stuck in the carpet, and the latter stretched to its place, and the tacks driven into the floor, without any special handling.

The diiierent-sized notches admit of diiierent-sizd tacks being grasped with facility, and the -head D may' be secured in any desired position by having the screw a ,at the part adjoining its head, of polygonal form, and apolygonal hole in the head D, (see fig. 5.) If necessary or desired, the inner surface of the head D may be slightly corrugated or roughened, in order to insure the heads ofthe tacks being `firmly grasped..

In the bar D there are inserted cutters z'z', designed to sharpen knives and other cutlery. This device for sharpening cutlery forms the subject of a separate application, and is merely alluded to here as one of the features included in the combination of the several parts.

The handle A has two or more notches, j, triade in one edge above its fulcrum, a, to serve as wire-cutt,ers,

a hole, c, being made through the handle A for the insertion 'of the wire. A notch, Z, may also be made in the edge 'of the handle A, to serve as a wire-cutter in connection with one ofthe notches j,v` Holes m are also made through both handles, A A', to serve as cutters. These holes and notches may be made of different capacities,

to suit wire 'of different sizes. I At the inner surface of cach handle A A', therefare projections, 1t, to serve as holders, to prevent the escape of substances placed between them. This feature of the device is designed more especially for cracking nuts. At the angle of the handles A A', below the fulerum a, there is .made in the inner surface of` each handle atransverse groove, o. This feature is 'designed more especially to serve as pinecrs for holding a sewing1 machine needle While being set. In one edge of the handle A, nea-,r its outer end, there are made transverse slots p, to serve as asaw-set, andKthe outer endA of theother h andle A is formed with a claw, q, for the purpose 0f drawing tacks and small nails. At the extreme end of the handle A' there is a scre\v-driver, h.

I would remark that, if desired, the head D may be xed, and answer equally well for ordinary purposes, g

or where tacks, not varying materially in size, are onlyused.I

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure The implement, consisting of the parts AA', having the head B, tack-holder c c,d,. e,f, notchesj Z, holes 7c m, cutters z' t', grooves o, projections fn, saw-set p, screw-driver h, and claw y, all constructed ,and arranged to operate, substantially as and for'the purposes` herein shown and described.

' AUGUSTUS THAYER.

by Letters PatentA I D, roughen'ed 'surfaces b b',

Witnesses:

WM. F. MQNAMARA, ALEX. F. R,oBERTs. 

